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The Florists^ Review 



.^(JuLT 17, 1919. 



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Established, 1897. by G. L. ORANT. 



Pabllstaed every Thnrsdar by 

 The Florists' Publishing Ck)., 



620-660 Oaxtoa Bnlldlngr, 



SOS South Dearborn St., Ohlcasro. 



Tele.. Wabash 8196. 



llAfristered cable address. 



Florvlew, Chicago. 



Entered as second class matter 

 Dec. 3. 1897, at the post-office at Ohl- 

 caM*. Ill>. under the Act of Majrch 



8.WT9. 



.jBa'becrlptlon price, $1.60 a Tear. 

 To ganada, $2.S0: to Europe, $3.00. 



'Advertislnir rates quoted upon 

 request. Only strictly trade ad> 

 TertlslDff accepted. 



RESULTS, 

 ive them. You get them. 

 We both have them, t 



Ml. 



We give them. 



Grow it good; that's where the money 

 lies. 



Lock up the nicotine extract — it is a 

 deadly poison. 



Coal is cheaper in the United States 

 than in any other country. 



The beetle tackles asters like a sum- 

 mer girl and a chocolate sundae. 



William F. Gude and Mrs. Gude, of 

 Washington, are at Banff Springs hotel, 

 Banff, Alberta. 



Nobody ever grew stock too good to be 

 sold at a profitable figure; it's poor stock 

 that doesn't pay. 



Freight and express rates have got to 

 go up again unless wages and other things 

 come down. What do you think of the 

 prospect ? 



Recent cables are to the effect that 

 Paper Whites are not to be bought at 

 Ollioules, that all the crop is in the hands 

 of exporters who are oversold and that 

 the percentage of small bulbs will be 

 high. 



If "New Man," J. J. F. and others 

 who send anonymous inquiries to The 

 Review would sign their names and ad- 

 dresses, it would be possible to answer, in 

 the paper if thej' are subscribers or by 

 mail if a stamp is enclosed. 



With only one or two exceptions, rose 

 growers in the middle west, who were the 

 first to plunge in it, still consider Mrs. 

 Charles Russell the best rose that has 

 come into general cultivation, while it 

 has become the big special variety on the 

 Pacific coast and still gains in favor along 

 the Atlantic, whence it came. As a sum- 

 mer rose it has done more than any other 

 variety to keep business going through 

 the heated term. 



If you are a buyer of lil}- bulbs you 

 possibly received, some months ago, a 

 circular oflfer of 7 to 9 giganteums at $65 

 per thousand. It is only of interest be- 

 cause now a New York dealer throws out 

 the suggestion that, at the rate the market 

 is rising, by the time delivery can be 

 made, 7 to 9'8 will bo soiling at $250 to 

 $300 per thousand, and 9 to 11 's at $500! 

 Those are double the figures thought of a 

 fortnight or so ago. 



The fact that few people are buying 

 coal now means that the rush for it at the 

 eleventh hour will be the greater. 



So long as the rising tide of easy spend- 

 ing meets no check there seems no possi- 

 bility of producing too many flowers. 



Chadwick chrysanthemum has lost 

 none of its popularity with the passing of ' 

 the years, if one may judge by the in- 

 quiries for stock. Even at this late date 

 for benching, growers are in unsuccessful 

 quest of cuttings or 2% -inch plants. 



With the resumption of dealings with 

 Germany it again becomes possible to im- 

 port valley pips, but there is no informa- 

 tion as to the quantity which will be 

 available this fall. It probably is not 

 large. The growers in the Hamburg dis- 

 trict have had no export market worth 

 speaking of the last three years. 



DO YOU SELL BIBDSf 



So often are inquiries made concern- 

 ing birds as a side line in flower stores 

 that The Review would like to hear 

 from those of its readers who have had 

 experientffe in this respect. What steps 

 did you %&ke to introduce the sale of 

 birds? 'Wlittt was your success, and 

 how do yoii account for it? 



BETAIL BUYING HEAVY. 



That the general public is in an opti- 

 mistic mood that bodes well for the flo- 

 rists this coming season is indicated by 

 the report of heavy purchases at retail, 

 summed up in Dun's review as follows: 

 * ' No one now hesitates to buy. This 

 statement sums up a change in the trade 

 situation in the last few weeks which 

 has had far-reaching effects on indus- 

 tries and on all channels of distribution. 

 Retail demand is broad and undiscrim- 

 inating, the higher grades of merchan- 

 dise moving as freely as the cheaper, 

 and merchants reporting their chief dif- 

 ficulty to be the obtaining of goods in 

 suflScient quantities to meet the calls of 

 customers. Wholesale distribution is 

 ahead of the large figures of last 

 summer. There is a pronounced dispo- 

 sition on the part of buyers to cover 

 needs for next spring, but present deliv- 

 eries are given precedence and there is 

 growing prospect of shortage in many 

 lines in the early part of 1920. The or- 

 ders of the large mail houses are run- 

 ning twenty-five to thirty-five per cent 

 ahead of the corresponding time in 

 1918." 



OBEEimOUSE LABOB. 



The war forced nearly all growers to 

 operate their greenhouses with less help 

 than they had been accustomed to em- 

 ploy and, now that the war is over, they 

 are not increasing the staffs to the for- 

 mer sizp. Of course the wages are high- 

 er than ever, but it looks as though em- 

 ployees and employers all have awak- 

 ened to the idea that both lose through 

 there being too many men on a place. 

 A given amount of glass can pay about 

 so much in wages; the money can go 

 to a few good workers, or to a larger 

 number of semi-idlers. 



The more good stock he can produce, 

 the more a grower earns for his em- 

 ployer and the more he can ask for him- 

 self. He should not be an idler, or want 

 idlers on the place. Of all the lessons 

 the war taught labor, none exceeds in 

 value those that have caused workmen 



generally to abandon the old ideas of 

 restriction of output. Only the radicals 

 who are seeking to revolutionize society 

 continue to hold to the belief that in- 

 creased production is wholly for the 

 benefit of the employer. The level- 

 headed workers are spreading the gos- 

 pel that we all must produce in order to 

 live. They have mastered the most im- 

 portant fundamental, which is that tlie 

 employee cannot share in what is not 

 produced. It is dangerous to cultivate 

 the idea that by doing less one can have 

 more. The more men it takes to main- 

 tain the maximum production, the less 

 there is in it for each man. 



BOWLINO AT DETBOIT 



The bowling tournament to be held in 

 connection with the S. A. F. convention 

 at Detroit is expected to be an event of 

 importance, of more importance than 

 any previous tournament, thinks the 

 local committee. Conditions are most 

 favorable and the Detroit committee, 

 headed by Chairman Joseph Streit, is 

 making extraordinary efforts for the 

 success of the contests. 



Requests have been sent out for 

 trophies for the various games to be 

 rolled. Donations, says Chairman Streit, 

 may be a purse, merchandise, or what- 

 ever the donor chooses, and should be 

 sent to him, at 1366 McClennan avenue, 

 Detroit, Mich. 



In order that the committee may com- 

 plete the program, it is hoped that 

 response to their request will be made 

 quickly. 



"YOU CAN QUOTE ME." 



A man does not recommend a thing to 

 his friend unless he is sure the friend 

 will be as well pleased with it as he 

 was. Like this: 



We sold out on ferns on the first appearance 

 of the ad in The Review. For quick results, 

 use The Review; you can quote me If you lilte. 

 — W. C. Knowles, of Knowles & Wald, Toledo, 

 O., July 6, 1019. 



If you hear a man complain of the 



cost of advertising you can be pretty 



certain he spends a good bit of money 



elsewhere than in The Review. 



OHICAaO. 



The Market. 



Typical midsummer conditions pre- 

 vail. There is not the slightest differ- 

 ence between the business now being 

 done and the usual midsummer trade. 

 There is a slump every time the mer- 

 cury goes above 90 degrees and a 

 prompt revival as soon as the lake 

 breeze comes in. Country demand is 

 far more steady than the city business 

 and the shipping accounts for a larger 

 percentage of the average day's sales 

 than it did when business was heavier. 

 On the whole, sales are running a little 

 heavier than they did last year at this 

 time, and it should be remembered that 

 last summer was a particularly good 

 one. 



The supply of stock is about at the 

 minimum. It may be lighter later, 

 when the first crop of roses has been 

 cut by the growers who now are loading 

 fhe market with short-stemmed flowers, 

 but by that time there probably will be 

 larger supplies in other lines. The sum- 

 mer cuts of Beauties are about gone: 

 there still are a few good Beauties, but 

 much less than in recent weeks. The 

 supply of long roses is not greater than 

 the demand. Russell continues to be 



